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D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
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SOPHIE SMS

Post by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen » Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:24 pm

Built in 1879-'81 at the Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Gdansk) for the German Navy.
Corvette, Displacement:2387 tons, Loa:76,35m. Lbpp:70,60m. B:12,50m. Draught:6,08m. 2 cyl. steam engine:2200 hp. 13½ kn. sail area:1134m². Armament:10-150 mm. 2-87 mm. Complement:269.
On 03-09-'84 in collision with the steamship HOHENSTAUFEN of the NDL, repaired in Wilhelmshaven, 07-'84 conversion to training ship.
21-05-1908 hull used as a residential ship in Wilhelmshaven, Helgoland, Kiel and Emden, 07-07-'20 sold, '21 scrapped in Hamburg.
(Paraguay 1983, 10 G. StG.?; Togo 1984, 270 Fr. StG.1701.
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